Daily Marauder

GAMING

Still number one social networking destination MySpace has entered the casual flash games market with games.myspace.com. (http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/02/11/myspace-quietly-launches-games-site  2/11)

Peter Moore is leading his team at Electronic Arts to increase the company’s sports business after several years of little growth. Moore plans to announce a deal today that makes EA the exclusive maker of NFL games through 2012, has entered a partnership with the New York sports-management firm that represents Tiger Woods to put the EA brand on a variety of consumer products and services and plans to add an array of simpler sports games to attract more players to EA. (The Wall Street Journal 2/12)

Apple’s application to extend its trademark into stand-alone video game machines has prompted speculation about whether it intends to expand in the gaming market. The company has remained mute on what the application means, but experts say it would have to let go of some control of hardware to boost Macintosh’s performance as a competitive gaming platform. (Yahoo!/TechWeb/InformationWeek 2/11)

Amazon.com has matched Bestbuy.com’s $119.99 price for Microsoft’s Xbox 360 HD DVD player after restocking the item Monday. Both outlets are selling the unit for $10 below the suggested retail price, and Amazon is also offering aggressive discounts on HD DVD items, selling nearly 150 titles for 50% off full retail. (Punch Jump 2/11)